Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump's sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the (...)
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly.
His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade (...)
A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta kicked off in Washington on Monday.
The US competition and consumer watchdog alleges that Meta, which already owned Facebook, bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 to (...)
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an arson at the Pennsylvania governor's house as the governor and his family slept inside.
Harrisburg Bureau of Fire responded to the fire around 2 a.m. and extinguished it, but the building was (...)
It can be unlucky when a plane has to divert due to a sick passenger or a security incident mid-air.
But a recent flight from the Cayman Islands to the United Kingdom was particularly unlucky as it had to be diverted twice.
Passengers on board BA252 (...)
At least 22 people have died from flash flooding and tornado damage that swept across multiple states in the Midwestern and southern parts of the US over the weekend, officials have said.
Nearly half of the reported deaths, which included children (...)
Passengers evacuated an American Airlines regional jet on the runway Tuesday in Augusta, Georgia, after smelling something burning and seeing light smoke in the cabin.
American Flight 5406, operated by PSA Airlines landed in Augusta after a (...)
Millions of tires being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being "cooked" in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the BBC has discovered.
The majority of the UK's exported waste tires (...)
At least 40 people have died after tornadoes ripped through a swathe of the US Midwest and South.
Missouri bore the brunt of the twisters, which began to spawn on Friday. At least 12 people have died in that state.
Powerful winds in Texas and Kansas (...)
More than 55 million people across the central and southern US are at risk of severe weather on Tuesday as a violent storm sweeps across the country, bringing the potential for blizzard conditions, tornadoes and fire weather.
The dangerous storm is (...)
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to millions of penguins and seals.
The iceberg, which is about twice the size of Greater London, appears to be stuck and should start (...)
MADINAH — A fourth batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The current batch of guest pilgrims includes 250 men and women from 14 countries from South (...)
When US President Donald Trump wanted someone to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to open negotiations for a potential deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he didn't dispatch his secretary of state.
The man he sent to the Kremlin to (...)
Amid Democrats' shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rely on the same institutional and procedural (...)
At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said eight people had died in his state and suggested at a news conference (...)
In the first weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has wasted no time in flexing his political muscle. That much is clear.
Since taking office in January, he has ordered the suspension of all new asylum claims, canceled refugee (...)
"I will not bow to this regime. I will not play by its rules," vowed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike in a Georgian jail for 25 days.
The founder of two news websites in Georgia, her health is declining and relatives fear (...)
Preliminary investigations into the January 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, have uncovered conflicting altitude data between the two aircraft involved, officials said Saturday.
The crash, which resulted in the (...)
US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay which he said would hold as many as 30,000 people.
He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which would be separate from its (...)
Georgia has reacted angrily to the suspension of a mutual visa-free travel agreement by the European Union.
The development may lead to Georgian diplomats and officials having to apply for visas when traveling to an EU member state.
Speaking to (...)
A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration's plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping (...)
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger.
The iceberg is spinning northwards from Antarctica toward South Georgia, a rugged British territory and wildlife (...)
The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.
The bill, named after Laken Riley — a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man — (...)
At least four people are believed to have died as a result of the dangerous cold gripping much of the country, as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc on the Gulf Coast— a region wholly unaccustomed to winter weather.
Officials in (...)
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance Ltd., sells the platform to a U.S.-approved buyer.
The court ruled that the potential national security (...)
